Judd, Postecoglou help Blues' coach search

It's a shame they can't get Ange to change codes,& take it on,himself,but I suppose he is a bit busy! The thing is,though, a Coach can't do miracles-------only the players can win games. A good Coach can lift a good team to greatness,but a mediocre to bad team is a different story. Ange took over a Socceroos group that already showed potential,& made them work as a well oiled machine. Ross Lyon has done the same with the Dockers,& remember,Mickey Malthouse did so with the Eagles a few years back.

Berndt Stange would look good in Mick's navy tee shirt.

Yeah it is hard - getting the right coach for the team and the times is an incredibly difficult job, you only have to look at how many appointments don't work to see that, but if you get the decision making process right it optimises the chance for success and allows you to live better with your failures - with this selection panel I this I have a lot of confidence in the process and that the gem may well be discovered.

Macca in using the descriptor "iffy", I wasn't necessarily referring to the untried coaches, and while no doubt a gem lurks out there who is untried, uncovering that gem is the hard bit.

Mister Football - The potential coaches are untried yes but not sure I would describe them as iffy - I think the blues would be right to go with a young coach who has been an assistant at one of the clubs that have dominated the top 4 of recent year, someone from the Swans or Hawks preferably.

Gene It's a fantastic panel, and full marks to Carlton for using every resource at its disposal. Ange grew up with Australian Football, and given his coaching success on the world stage, he is the ideal person for such a panel. Sure, he is not going to be up to date with modern footy tactics, but he is going to be able to sniff out bull$h!t if someone tries to spin the panel a bit of a yarn. The panel is not the problem - the coaching talent out there is the real problem. With the coaches with the most recent premiership experience all out of contention (going all the way back to 2005), and with some of the ones putting their hands up being iffy propositions, this is going to be one tough decision.

I wouldn't say them being ruled out has anything to do with Trigg but I would eb confident in saying they won't get the job.

Where is Gene - "question is are they the most *qualified* group?" Who would be more qualified? Not sure how you question their qualifications when you have the CEO of the club, a recently retired premiership player who has won 2 brownlows and who's opinion is universally respected, the coach of the national soccer team who has had success at both domestic and international level, a recruitment specialist and a dual premiership player who played 185 games and coached another 86 (finishing with a 54% winning percentage). "Its pretty well known that Carlton’s boardroom is a shambles these days, and this hotchpotch group they’ve thrown together in my opinion follows a clear pattern of incompetence that began when they sacked Brett Ratten" For a start the president and the CEO are different to when they sacked Ratten along with a few of the board members who have been moved on but the fact they are "shambles" is pretty irrelevant when they have zero input into the selection of a coach. If you want to argue the selection team isn't any good make that case but to just throw up the rubbish you have so far is pretty lame.

Yeah its a diverse group and diversity is definitely the flavor of the month these days, question is are they the most *qualified* group? Its pretty well known that Carlton's boardroom is a shambles these days, and this hotchpotch group they've thrown together in my opinion follows a clear pattern of incompetence that began when they sacked Brett Ratten. I just hope they have the guts to appoint someone young and fresh rather than going for another tired old greybeard like Worsfold who's years past his prime because they perceive him as the safe choice. The entire organization desperately needs reinvigorating and a cleanout starting at the top.

Does him being on it immediately rule out Neil Craig, Gary Ayres & Brenton Sanderson...?

He may be a worry Gyfox but you aren't going to have a coaching selection panel without the CEO on it.

As I mentioned in more detail a few weeks ago, the CFC needs to sit down and figure out where they see the game of AFL heading in the next 5 years. They also need to decide what style of football they want to play. This decision needs to be made as a collective whole by this group of 5, but they need input from all departments within the club. Once this decision is made then they need to find a coach who has a similar vision. This way the CFC has a whole can take responsibility in its fortunes going forward, rather than putting sole blame on a coach should their plan not go as expected in the first 12-18 months. This is where they have gone wrong in the past and I expect them to correct this fundamental flaw in thinking. Now I personally like the acquisition of Ange Postecoglou - I'm a huge fan. I'm also a strong believer in bringing blood from outside the sphere of Aussie Rules to help build a club. Ange can provide knowledge to the club that most AFL experts will never be able to provide. His strength lies in his ability to see the deficiencies in game plans. We have seen this with the Socceroos where he took a very physical team and transformed them into a more technical side over the course of 18 months. This thinking was vastly different to previous approaches and is in line with where the game is heading in Europe when we look at teams like the German national side and Barcelona FC. I believe Ange can provide this insight and will be invaluable when helping decide what style of football the CFC should be employing, whilst relying on the more detailed aspects of game play being forged by the likes of a Chris Judd and other AFL experts on the panel. The selection committee also needs to be revamped and in line with this new vision. They need to break the playing roster down and work out who will best fit their new ethos. Once all this is set then it's time to shop for a coach. Should they get the aforementioned correct, then the right coach for them will become much clearer when the interview process starts.

Agree, Macca. But Trigg is the worry.

Where is Gene - You have one of the best players of the modern era giving his perspective, an incredibly successful coach of a national side, the CEO of the club, a recruitment specialist and an ex-player & coach - sounds to me like you have a nicely diverse group with different perspectives but who have experience in the attributes to be successful. Sounds like a recie for success with little chance of "group think".

So.. a Visy mercenary with zero coaching experience and a soccer coach with zero AFL experience are going to help convicted shyster Stephen Trigg choose Carlton's next coach? Eh, can't be any worse than Tim Watson backing Hird to replace Matthew Knights.

Good panel - hoepfully gets a good result.